My response to the crisis in Syria

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‘I don’t believe in any of the suggested answers. All I have are questions’

There are a great many people who have stared into the abyss of Syria and seen
– miraculously – an answer. Well, one of four answers – the only
four formulated in years of debate.

They are: bombing, in the expectation it either (1) will or (2) won’t actually
improve things, but it is symbolically vital to intervene. Or: not bombing,
in the expectation it either (3) will or (4) won’t improve things, but it’s
symbolically vital not to intervene.

And that’s it: four answers, all centred on the subject of military
intervention, and inevitable civilian death.